If Prince William and Wife had twins, which one be next in line for the throne?

Question

Would the first one out get the crown, and if so what would the other one do? Would he/she be made a Duke or Earl or something?

Answer 1

Mmm... That's actually a pretty big question. As a matter of course, the next in line would always be the first born - babies don't often fall out at exactly the same time! - so this would never really prove any difficulty for witnesses to determine who was born first. The complicated part of the question regards what title the remaining twin would receive, and the answer depends on what William's position is when he has children. If he was King and had two children, the eldest would be styled HRH Prince X and would also automatically assume the titles of Duke of Rothesy and Duke of Cornwall. Note that they wouldn't have the style X, Prince of Wales until they had been formally invested with that title. What happens to the younger brother is that they too would be styled HRH Price Y, but would also be entitled to the title of Duke of XYZ due to the fact that all direct sons of a reigning monarch are allowed the right to Royal Dukedoms - these often aren't even attached to a duchy (land) but are names that can be just plucked from the air, but are more usually ancient titles that have past through the centuries. In fact the title Duke of York is traditional reserved for just such a situation as you described. A good example is with Prince Andrew Duke of York, who is the younger brother of the current heir. As Andrew has no male hiers himself, the most likely situation is that the title will fall to William's second son if William is indeed King. Few. Now if William was Prince of Wales and had twins while his father was king, both would have the title Prince x of Wales and Prince Y of Wales - just as both Royal Princess currently do. If Wills and Kate had a shotgun wedding right now and had a pair of twins then I believe they would also be styled Prince Z of Wales and Prince Q of Wales, though the oldest would have the option to take a courtesy title from their grandad Prince Charles. This is because Prince Charles has lots of titles, and he can pass them onto only his edest son, and then his son in turn after him. In this scenario Prince William's son could be called something like the Earl of Carrick or Baron Renfrew (if the Queen, Charles and William were all alive), whereas the younger twin would still just be called Prince Q of Wales. Hope thats answered your question buddy!

Answer 2

Lots of people who have answered this said the male. This is wrong. The Queen recently passed a new law type thing, which states that no male in the royal family would come above the eldest, wether on ot that be male or female. If Prince William got married and had twins, the crown would fall to the eldest, regardless of gender.

Answer 3

I think it would be the first born male!

Edward Douglas John Hay, 13th Marquess of Tweeddale (August 6, 1947 - February 1, 2005), a Scottish aristocrat best known for his speech in the House of Lords debate (1996) on the Bosnian civil war.

Edward Douglas John Hay was born on 6 Aug 1947 the elder of twin sons. He was educated at Milton Abbey and Trinity College, Oxford (BA Hons). He became an insurance broker, before succeeding his father in the marquessate. Tweeddale was descended from George Hay, 8th Marquess of Tweeddale, the common ancestor of all subsequent holders of the title. Along with the marquisate and it's subsidiary titles he succeeded as Hereditary Chamberlain of Dunfermline.

He rarely spoke in the House of Lords and only achieved fleeting prominence during the Bosnian Civil War debate (28 October 1996) and subsequent letter to The Times on this subject.

Lord Tweeddale died on 1 February 2005, aged 57, and was succeeded by his younger twin brother Charles Hay.

In this case I was right! I couldn't find anything about female twins.

Answer 4

Prince William is in direct line for the throne regardless of any babies he may have.
If he and his wife were to have children (when he does get married) and the kids were twins, the male would be next in line, if one were a boy and the other a girl, if both were boys, the first born, if both were girls, the first born.
Hope this helps

Answer 5

The first born is the Prince of Wales, the second born the Duke of York.

Answer 6

The first male one out (or just the first out if both girls) would be 3rd in line for the throne. The other would be 4th in line.

As a child they'd just be Prince nnn or Princess nnn. But when they got to adulthood they'd get a title.

Usual one for 2nd son of monarch is Duke of York. For eldest girl, Princess Royal.

Don't know what would happen if Wills' kids reached adulthood while the current holders of these titles were still alive. They'd probably give them different titles in the interim.

Answer 7

Under centuries of tradition, custom, and law and under the Act of Settlement, etc., if HRH Prince William had sons, the eldest son would be next in Line of Succession. If twins were a princess and a prince, then the prince would be next in Line of Succession.

However, IF Her Majesty has changed the Rules of Succession for future births, then probably his eldest child would be next in Line of Succession after himself.

Answer 8

If they were the same sex, the one born first would be the heir. The second one would probably be given a string of titles, but I don't know which ones.

If they were a boy and a girl, the boy would be first in line, even if the girl popped out first.

Answer 9

The one born first.

Answer 10

The first born would be the direct heir. They would both be princes until one was made king. If Both girls, then the same thing but they would be princesses of course. If later on a boy was born, he would be heir. If the first one was a girl and the second a boy, then the boy would be heir.